| Craft Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Map of Thurston Island | |
  Location of Craft Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | Ellsworth Land |
| Coordinates | 72°12′S 101°22′W / 72.200°S 101.367°W |
| Length | 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Peacock Sound |
| Status | unknown |
Satellite image of Thurston Island.
Craft Glacier (72°12′S 101°22′W / 72.200°S 101.367°W) is a valley glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, lying west of Hendersin Knob on Thurston Island and flowing south to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. It was first delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation HIGHJUMP in December 1946, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Ensign Charles Craft, U.S. Navy, a helicopter pilot on USS Glacier who made exploratory flights at Thurston Island in February 1960.[1]
See also
Maps
- Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
References
- ↑ "Craft Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
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